• 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL

• GATEFOLD EDITION

• 5 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Cheap Thrills is a studio album by American rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company. It was their last album with Janis Joplin as lead singer. For Cheap Thrills, the band and producer John Simon incorporated recordings of crowd noise to give the impression of a live album, for which it was subsequently mistaken by listeners. Only the final song, their cover of "Ball and Chain", had been recorded live at The Fillmore in San Francisco.

PERSONNEL:

• Dave Getz - (drums)
• James Gurley - (guitar)
• Peter S. Albin, Sam Houston Andrew III - (bass, guitar)
• Janis Joplin - (vocals)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Combination Of The Two
• A2. I Need A Man To Love
• A3. Summertime
• A4. Piece Of My Heart

• SIDE B
• B1. Turtle Blues
• B2. Oh, Sweet Mary
• B3. Ball And Chain